Author: Brad Hambrick

Awkward Yet Necessary Parenting Conversations about Sex, Sexuality, and Gender

Awkward Yet Necessary Parenting Conversations about Sex, Sexuality, and Gender

Posted by | Jun 23, 2023 | |

Parents want to protect their children’s innocence. This is right and good. The ever-younger age at which culture presses us to have conversations about sex, sexuality, and gender identity is discouraging. Sometimes it even feels like we’re being forced to contribute to something unhealthy for our children in order to prepare them for the questions and choices that will invariably come their way. However, we don’t need to be that pessimistic. But let’s be honest; there’s no guilt like parent guilt and no fear like parent fear. If we’re not honest about our fears, they will seep into the conversations we have with our children and make them less helpful—maybe even unhelpful. Continue Reading →

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Anxiety: More than “Just Stop It” – A Commentary on Philippians 4:2-9

Anxiety: More than “Just Stop It” – A Commentary on Philippians 4:2-9

Posted by | Jan 25, 2023 | |

For many of us who grew up in church, or are part of the biblical counseling movement, Philippians 4 is the anxiety passage, and its primary message is “just stop it.” That reputation can unfortunately impede our ability to glean other truths from this passage and shape how we receive Paul’s pastoral care for anxiety. Continue Reading →

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Five Questions I Wished My Accountability Partner Would Ask Me

Five Questions I Wished My Accountability Partner Would Ask Me

Posted by | Aug 22, 2022 | |

Let’s look at questions you wish your accountability partner would ask and why. These five questions are merely meant to be representative and to spark creativity (stale, repetitive questions result in withering accountability). Use them as a launching pad for the kinds of conversations you should be having as you establish lasting and enjoyable accountability in your life. Continue Reading →

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Sanctification: Christlikeness Amid Suffering

Sanctification: Christlikeness Amid Suffering

Posted by | Jul 11, 2022 | |

Sanctification may come across as a fancy theological word. Don’t be intimidated. Simply put, sanctification is the process of becoming more like Jesus. When we embrace the gospel, God erases our sin debt, and we gain the assurance of eternity with God in heaven. That is justification. It occurs in a moment. For the rest of our earthly life, we experience progressive sanctification. It happens with ebbs and flows and in new ways during each season of life. Continue Reading →

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Excellent Parenting is Remarkably Ordinary

Excellent Parenting is Remarkably Ordinary

Posted by | Mar 9, 2022 | |

As a new parent, there is a swell of emotions when you hold your first child in your arms. You are humbled by the responsibility to care for this child. You feel a surge of love and an intense instinct to protect. You feel compelled to get everything as right as possible as you raise this precious child. These emotions can stir together and create a sense of fear that we will mess up as parents. In this article, I want to offer you three “ordinary” encouragements that will allow you to be an excellent parent. Continue Reading →

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